Assistant Professor (Pharmacology & Toxicology) at @ASUNewCollege | Laboratory for Cannabis sativa and #OneHealth 🌿💊🐶🌍 | #FirstGenFaculty #WestValleyForward
Phoenix, Arizona
Joined February 2019
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As 2024 is closing, I will migrate to a new social media platform BlueSky and this Twitter/X account will no longer be updated. Let's continue our discussion on cannabis, hemp, and #OneHealth. Happy 2025! 🌿🐶💊🌎▶️bsky.app/profile/leung-lab.b…
To my fellow new approach methodology and pesticide toxicology enthusiasts: Check out this new EPIC Webinar Series on the use of #NAMs in risk assessment, co-sponsored by my former colleagues at @EPA and @CA_PesticideReg . Don't miss out!!! 🐝🌿🧬🔬🤩▶️ thepsci.eu/epicwebinars/
Here is what students in the lab will do to you on a birthday if you have been doing One Health research on cannabis for too long (Disclaimer: I am not a drug lord)... 🌿⚕️🌎🎁
#CannabisEnvHealth #OneHealth #Cannaboss
It was a blast presenting my work on CBD & hemp use in dogs and learning about different nutrition, microbiology, and agriculture research in today's Global Perspectives on One Health event @LifeAtPurdue. The food at the event was excellent too! 🌿🐶🌽🦠👨🌾🌎😋
As Part II of my X series introducing Taiwanese cuisine near @ASUNewCollege, I would like to talk about a Taiwanese chain restaurant specializing in box lunch/dish over rice (便當) near Highway 101: TaiwanMama. #TasteOfTaiwan #台灣風味 #WestValleyForward 🍛🧋🇹🇼🧵 1/3
Their pork chop, popcorn chicken, and braised pork are top-notch and their boba is one of the best I have ever tasted - so good that half of it went to my stomach before I took a picture. 🧵2/2
Don't miss out!!!
TaiwanMama Flagship Store
822 E Union Hills Dr Ste D16, Phoenix, AZ 85024
ustaiwanmama.com/
See also at @phoenixnewtimes: phoenixnewtimes.com/restaura… 🧵3/3
In recent years, cannabis legalization for recreational and medicinal use has gained significant public support around the world. Dr. Ed Levin (@DukePsychiatry) and I co-edited a Special Issue in the journal Neurotoxicology. It features... 🌿💊⚕️🥼🧵 1/2
- Therapeutic use and trends of medicinal cannabis in neurodegenerative diseases
- Transgenerational neurobehavioral effects of cannabis
- Neurotoxicity issues of synthetic cannabinoids
Check it out! ▶️ sciencedirect.com/special-is… @ASUNewCollege @asuhealth 🧵 2/2
Kudos to Arthur and his team at the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes for organizing today's All-@ASU Science & Technology Policy Research Lunch! What a pleasure to connect with other ASU colleagues who share a common interest in science policy! 🧑🔬🧬🔬🏦
This semester's @ASUNewCollege Seminars for #CannabisEnvHealth are a blast! Special thanks to our proud @ASU alumni Mike McMahon, Dr. Kimbery Gwinn (@UTKnoxville), and Dr. Nichole Reisdorph (#CUAnschutz) for their excellent talks on hemp, biopesticides, and microbiome! 🌿🐛🐭🌍
How exciting to attend this morning's Small- and Medium-sized Business Lab at @WPCareySchool at @ASUwestcampus! Special thanks to Meghana and Dr. Gopalakrishnan (Dr. G)'s invitation. 🌿💪🌎🎓🧵 1/2 #Innovation #Sustainability #WestValleyForward
Don't forget to check out Justin's work on universal hemp protein at Agoge! 🧵 2/2 ▶️agoge.com/
What an educative experience at the @EMGSUS Annual Meeting last week! 5 years ago, I launched the first EMGS Bioinformatics Challenge with @jeffbemis. That was the year I was elected as the president of the Genetic and Environmental Toxicology Association of NorCal (GETA). 🧵1/4
Kathleen Hill and I are currently seeking a new EMGS Representative at Scientific Liaison Coalition (SLC; toxicology.org/slc/index.asp). The goal of this volunteer position is to re-launch the new EMGS-ACC Bioinformatics Challenge in 2025 - 2026. 🧵3/4
This is an exciting opportunity to network with other senior scientists at EMGS and SLC. Check out the 2021 and 2022 EMGS Bioinformatics Challenges here: ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=Glzu0lrq… & ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=pJjIg7aH…. Don’t miss out! 🧬💻🌎🏆 #Bioinformatics #Mentorship
Today's "Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Perspectives on Gene-Environment Interaction" symposium at #EMGS2024 Annual Meeting was a blast! It was great to chat with many colleagues and friends during the after-hours social and dinner. 🤩🎓🌿🐶🌎🧵 1/2
Special thanks for @Chris_Faulk_bio's support for putting this symposium together, as well as the presentations and hard work of Albert Rivera, Richard Haney, and Kendra Conrow for advancing #CannabisEnvHealth research! @EMGSUS @ASUResearch
@EMGSUS is a founding member of the Scientific Liaison Coalition (SLC; toxicology.org/slc/index.asp), a group of 13 scientific societies with an interest in toxicology and public health, including @SOToxicology, @iutox, @ACToxicology, and others. 1/3 🧵🧬🔬💻🏆
This year, your SLC Representatives are bringing to you:
(1) Tobacco, Cannabis, & Psychedelics Meet up on Monday, Sept 9th at 7:30 pm (Please RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…)
(2) EMGS-ACC Bioinformatics Challenge, 2025-2026 (More at Monday's GDS SIG Meeting at 11:30 am!)
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If you are interested in pursuing your scientific interest with other colleagues in the broader scientific community, please come chat with us at the EMGS Annual Meeting in Palm Springs! #EMGS2024 3/3 🧵